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Man charged with firework attack during anti-lockdown protest PA Media 03/03/2021 By James Ward, PA © Niall Carson Merriman is accused of launching fireworks at Gardai (Niall Carson/PA) A man has appeared in court suspected of launching fireworks at Gardai during an anti-lockdown protest. Jake Merriman, 30, of Meadowlands Avenue, Monkstown, South Dublin was charged with five offences related to his attendance at the protest demonstration which spilled into violence at the weekend. He was charged with three Section 11 offences, one of discharging an “eight-shot cannon f...

Skim Reaper: Ormond Beach police using UF device to combat identity theft UF device is being used across 21 states Tags:  ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – The Ormond Beach Police Department is combating identity theft one swipe at a time. The police department launched Operation Counterswipe on Thursday and used their newest device, the “Skim Reaper.” “It simulates a debit or credit card, and you insert it, then it would read how many times it had been read,” said Detective Sgt. Tom Larsen. The red light on the device alerts that the card was read twice, indicating there is a skimmer. The blue...

​​​​​​​Ormond Beach Police join forces with ‘skim reaper’ to bust scammers Police using ‘skim reaper’ to detect skimmers A device called the skim reaper is targeting crooks who are trying to steal your money through skimmers. ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - "Major increase, it’s one of our more dominant crimes now," said Sgt. Tom Larsen. Larsen was at a fraud conference when the developers of the "skim reaper" pitched the idea. Sgt. Larsen got onboard -- adding the tool to the department. "What the reaper is doing is sensing how many times it’s...